Difference between revisions of "Homeothermy"
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|description='''Homeothermy''' is the stable regulation of body temperature in [[endothermy | endotherms]] by metabolic heat production and control of heat exchange with the environment, or in [[ectotherms]] by behavioural means to select a stable thermal environment. | |description='''Homeothermy''' is the stable regulation of body temperature in [[endothermy | endotherms]] by metabolic heat production and control of heat exchange with the environment, or in [[ectotherms]] by behavioural means to select a stable thermal environment. | ||
|info=[[Hochachka 2002 Oxford Univ Press | Hochachka, Somero 2002]] | |info=[[Hochachka 2002 Oxford Univ Press | Hochachka, Somero 2002]] | ||
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== Normothermia: from endotherms to ectotherms == | == Normothermia: from endotherms to ectotherms == | ||
* ''More details:'' [[Normothermia]] | * ''More details:'' [[Normothermia]] | ||
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Homeothermy
Description
Homeothermy is the stable regulation of body temperature in endotherms by metabolic heat production and control of heat exchange with the environment, or in ectotherms by behavioural means to select a stable thermal environment.
Reference: Hochachka, Somero 2002
Normothermia: from endotherms to ectotherms
- More details: Normothermia
